Renus Kitchen

I have to share this with my readers, my little 2 year old is a big time picky eater. He wouldn't try anything new and have to really trick him to eat something special. I had my OMG moment when I saw him running after his father to try these Hakka noodles !!!  he actually ate not one, not two or three but many spoons.To my surprise he didn't find the noodles hot ..well, whatever, I am happy he tried something new, thats a good sign :)) Ingredients: Chings Hakka Noodles - 1 packet Organic extra firm tofu - 2 cups [cubed] Chings Chili sauce - 2-3 tbsp Chings dark soy sauce - 3-4 tbsp White vinegar - 2-3 tbsp Spring onions - 1 bunch Cabbage - 2.5 cups [shredded] Bell pepper - 1 medium [sliced] Carrot - 2-3 medium [sliced] Broccoli - 1 cup [chopped] Garlic - 2 pods [minced] Salt to taste Black pepper Cooking oil - 2 tbsp Method: Marinate tofu in 1 tbsp soy sauce, 1 tsp chili sauce and some salt for 1 hour Saute' or broil tofu in very little oil Boil no...

Lauki [Opo Squash] is also known as doodhi in North India. This is a very typical side dish from Uttar Pradesh prepared on festive occasions. My mother makes a special onion gravy with little [preferably none] tomatoes....the curry has unique taste and I love this uniqueness... try it out yourself ! Ingredients: Lauki [Opo squash] - 1 medium Onion - 2 medium [finely chopped] Tomato - 1/2 medium [finely chopped] Ginger-Garlic paste - 1 tsp Gram flour [Besan] -  1/2 - 3/4 cup Grated ginger - optional Dry Spices Turmeric - 1 tsp Garam Masala - 1.5tsp Coriander powder - 1tsp Chilli powder - optional Cumin powder - 1/2 tsp Salt For seasoning Bay leaf - 1 Cumin seeds - 1 tsp Cooking oil Method: Gravy Grate lauki, sprinkle some salt and keep it aside Heat oil [2 tbsp], add cumin seeds and when they start to crackle add 1 bay leaf and immediately add the chopped onions. Saute onions till golden brown in color (You can add some salt to hasten the process ). Add ginge...

Read it somewhere Moong beans [mung beans, green daal] are most consumed sprout on earth ! These are good way of getting proteins in a vegetarians diet. A cup of moong sprouts offers: Calories Proteins(gm) *Fiber *Vitamin C *Iron *Folate 26 2.5 4 23 4 9 * Percent daily value source here Method Soak moong beans in water for 6-8 hours or overnight Drain water and place the seeds in wet cheese cloth and tie it around  Keep the cheese cloth with beans and little water in a closed box and keep it in a warm place for 10 hours Voila !! you will see looong sprouts  Rinse the sprouts carefully and its ready to eat as a salad with some lime juice or prepare soup [daal], fried rice, dosa [crepe] (use sprout beans instead of split moong beans) etc etc And I just found that there are actually bean sprouters in the market, check them out, BTW you would not need it if you follow the method above -:) Glass Sprouter Spr...

Here is an easy way to make fluffy basmati rice in an open pot. Wash rice and soak in water for 10 minutes Drain water and transfer the rice in the cooking pot and cover it with water till its just one joint above your finger Put the heat on high and wait till it starts to boil Now reduce the heat to minimum and cover the pot with lid Cook on low heat for 10 minutes [DO NOT OPEN the lid] Now check if the rice is done, if not then cook for another 2 minutes Turn off the stove and let the pot sit for another 10 minutes  Now open the pot and fluff the rice and its ready to serve

Never thought of making this smoothie until I saw it on Sailaja's Kitchen . I try to incorporate sweet potatoes in our diet as it is one of the 7 superfoods . Till now I been serving baked/steamed version to my family, now its this Smoothie... Read more about Sweet Potatoes and enrich your diet ! Ingredients Steamed sweet potatoes Milk Honey [or sugar] Cinnamon powder Method Add de-skinned & diced sweet potatoes, milk, honey and cinnamon powder to a blender. Adjust consistency by adding more or less milk/sweet potatoes and serve chilled !!